Bleak warning on the new header pic is from the back cover of next month's THE DEAD ROOM. I stand by it.
(Available for pre-order everywhere and all that.)
09.03.2026 19:04
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Bleak warning on the new header pic is from the back cover of next month's THE DEAD ROOM. I stand by it.
(Available for pre-order everywhere and all that.)
I love that book! Thank you for reminding me of it.
Blimey this is good. @rachelharrison.bsky.social is new to me but the prose made me want to go at my shitty first draft with a wire brush. House make-over and a demon in the basement, btw.
For #WorldBookDay*, I'm going to be dressing up as an author and doing a spot of editing, then finishing off the slides for a talk about clues and red herrings on Saturday. Plus reading this:
*Because every day is book day in my world
#Tuesday w @terryshames.bsky.social
>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/03/mess... @sincworldwide.bsky.social #reactions @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
Against the background of the horrible news this last weekend, hundreds of crimewriters got together in San Francsisco to talk about stories where the good guys are broadly against bad stuff and actual crimes are, you know, problematic in various ways. It was kind of nice.
My feelings about Goobers were helped by finding out that boogers are a different thing.
FFS, what is so hard to understand?
If that's true (and btw, genius, we *don't* know, because the files are suppressed), then arrest them and punish them. Dems don't want Dem rapists to be protected.
#Friday w @fayesnowden.bsky.social
>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/02/just... | @crimewoc.bsky.social @sincworldwide.bsky.social @jameswziskin.bsky.social @terryshames.bsky.social @mysterywriters.bsky.social
Oh no - I mean I watched Becoming, about Michelle O. (Wirdz is hard.)
I watched that lovely film about the first lady last night. She's so relatable and kind and gorgeous. God, I miss the Obamas.
Neil took some photos & wrote some poems & now there's a 14-track collaborative album, available from @bandcamp.com, to aid #YoungSounds, putting musical instruments in poor kids' hands.
whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/this-b...
It's early here and I just thought "Who's calling doctors Wes Streeting? Rude."
Just like Zuzu said: if enough Minnesotans say "FUCK ICE" ICE gets fucked.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
Nice dust jackets on the Durrell and Shute!
And yet he tried - did you hear him, voice shaking, saying he couldn't sacrifice Scotland to the SNP any longer.? Arse.
#Thursday w @fayesnowden.bsky.social
>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/02/your... @navah74.bsky.social @jameswziskin.bsky.social @sincworldwide.bsky.social @crimewoc.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social @thecwa.bsky.social
#Tuesday w @terryshames.bsky.social
>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/02/prom... | rogue gallery incl @jameswziskin.bsky.social @catrionamcp.bsky.social @ericbeetner.bsky.social @severnhouse.bsky.social @sincworldwide.bsky.social
#Monday w M.S. Greene
>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/02/does... @sincworldwide.bsky.social Cameos @ellenbyronla.bsky.social @catrionamcp.bsky.social @sistersincrimela.bsky.social
"Obviously"? Where's Inigo Montoya when we need him?
I'm reading @lesliekarst.bsky.social pretty voraciously to interview her (toastmaster) at Left Coast Crime. It doesn't feel like work. It doesn't even feel like reading. It feels like a hug. #FridayReads
Fictional villains should have light and shade, bit of nuance maybe. So no way we can use real life to inspire them right now.
7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/01/insp...
#Thursday w @catrionamcp.bsky.social
>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/01/insp... | @sincworldwide.bsky.social @literarylisa.bsky.social @sistersincrimela.bsky.social #writing #characters
Because their theatres are nice and it would be a shame if anything happened to them?
#tuesday w @gvaljan.bsky.social
>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... | @sincworldwide.bsky.social @mwa-ny.bsky.social @sistersincrimela.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social @thecwa.bsky.social
#Monday w @navah74.bsky.social
>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/01/and-... | @crimewoc.bsky.social @sincworldwide.bsky.social #writinglife
Harriet Morrow is back in 4 days to match wits with Saloon Mickey and Irish Dan, based on the real-life 1st ward politicians "Bathhouse John" Coughlin and "Hinky Dink" Mike Kenna. Kensington Publishing Corp. #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks
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It should have been over when he came down the escalator and said Mexico "sends" people, and they're rapists.
Reason 4691 to be glad you're not rich: you'll never find yourself in a psychiatric retreat like the one on @audreyleeauthor.bsky.social's MECHANICS OF MEMORY. Fantastic stuff. #FridayReads
